Africa •
Africa Check: Africa's first independent fact-checking organization with offices in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Senegal and the UK checking claims made by public figures and the media in Africa. • Africa Check is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles. Africa Check is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab. and supported by the most influential newsrooms and civic organisations in West Africa to help amplify the culture of truth in public discourse, public policy, and journalistic practice. It has a presence in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia. • DUBAWA is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles. DUBAWA is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab. • In 2022, the organisation began a bi-annual volunteering network aimed at training young fact-checkers in Africa and mentoring them to publish their contents for a period of four months after which they are inducted as team members. • In 2024, a gender disinformation desk was created to monitor and factcheck misinformation and disinformation around gender. • News Verifier Africa (https://newsverifierafrica.com/): fact-checking and news verification platform for Africans. Established in 2020, the non-profit platform seeks to improve public access to accurate information by simplifying fact-checking and creating varied appealing formats for fact checked news, data and viral images. • FactCheckHub (https://factcheckhub.com/): This is the verification platform of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting [The ICIR] aimed at combating misinformation in the society. It is an independent, non-partisan platform for factchecking with the primary aim of combating misinformation, disinformation, hoaxes and rumours about topical issues. It has been mentioned in the context of election monitoring. • FactCheckHub is a signatory to the International Fact-checking Network's codes of principles. FactCheckHub is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab. It also help non-profit organisations, universities, and media watch dogs set up their own fact-check groups. • Code for Africa is a signatory to the International Fact-checking Network's codes of principles. PesaCheck is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab. The first fact-checking project in Ghana was set up in 2016 to promote fact-based public discourse, especially in the media landscape that has seen a significant increase in internet access.https://www.modernghana.com/news/1271184/2024-elections-we-will-fact-check-and-expose-fals.html#google_vignette Fact-Check Ghana is headquartered in
Accra. Fact-Check Ghana is a signatory to the International Fact-checking Network's codes of principles. • FactSpace West Africa (https://factspace.org/): is an independent, non-partisan organisation working to tackle mis/disinformation and propaganda across West Africa. The organization leads fact-checking initiatives in Ghana (https://ghanafact.com/), The Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. FactSpace is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) Code of Principles.
Asia-Pacific Australia • RMIT ABC Fact Check (https://www.abc.net.au/news/factcheck): launched in June 2016, was jointly funded by
RMIT University and the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It was associated with the RMIT FactLab (https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/schools-colleges/media-and-communication/industry/factlab). The RMIT ABC Fact Check was focused on political fact-checking. • Both RMIT ABC Fact Check and RMIT FactLab are a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles. Both RMIT ABC Fact Check and RMIT FactLab are indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab. • AAP is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles. AAP FactCheck is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab. Opened in 2003, it became defunct since 2021.
Bangladesh • FactWatch (or Fact Watch, https://www.fact-watch.org/web/): an independent fact-checking entity affiliated to the
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. • FactWatch is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles. FactWatch is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab. Rumor Scanner is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab. Several Chinese fact-checking websites have been criticized for lack of transparency with regard to their methodology and sources, and for following
Chinese propaganda. • AFP Hong Kong (https://factcheck.afp.com/afp-hong-kong): Fact-checking by the Hong Kong bureau of the Agence France-Presse news service. • AFP fact checking is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network's codes of principles. Annie Lab is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab. • While the outlet has been praised for its debunking of disinformation related to, among others, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its founder has noted that self-censorship is required in cases where the "result goes against the government's stance." • The website has been criticized for lack of transparency with regards to its methodology and sources, and following
Chinese propaganda. Factcheck Lab is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab. HKBU Fact Check is indexed by Duke Reporter's Lab.
Hong Kong • Factcheck Lab (https://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/): A project launched by the nonprofit Culture and Media Education Foundation in Hong Kong. Member of International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab. • Telugpost.com • Boomlive.in •
The Quint • Factcrescendo.com • Youturn.in in Tamil language. •
India Today: Fact Check is part of TV Today Network Ltd. • Factly.in • thip.media: the media arm of The Healthy Indian Project. It was certified by
Health On the Net Foundation until June 2021. • medicaldialogues.in: Others: •
Alt News • Vishvasnews.com • Newsmobile.in • Newschecker.in
Japan • GoHoo: Launched by a nonprofit association Watchdog for Accuracy in News-reporting, Japan (WANJ or 一般社団法人
日本報道検証機構) on November 16, 2014. Crowd-funded approx. 1.6 million yen through Ready For. Awarded Social Business Grand Prize 2012 Summer. • Japan Center of Education for Journalists (JCEJ): Fosters journalists and fact-checkers by referring to a ''Journalist's Guide to Social Sources'' published by
First Draft News, a project of the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center. JCEJ itself also debunks falsehoods.
Nepal • Nepal Fact Check: initiated in March 2020 as an urgent response to COVID-19 misinformation by CMR-Nepal and Nepali-language blog, MySansar. It has been a signatory of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) since 2023.
Pakistan • Soch Fact Check
Philippines • ABS-CBN Fact Check: A fact-checking arm of
ABS-CBN News. It is a signatory to the International Fact-checking Network's codes of principles. It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab. It is 1 of 3 fact checking organizations engaged by
Meta Platforms. • Fact-Check PH: An independent fact-checking initiative founded by Assortedge. • FactRakers: A fact-checking of major journalism at
University of the Philippines Diliman. It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab. It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab. It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab. It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab. It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab. It is run by the Citizen Media Network. • FactCheck.lk •
Watchdog South Korea • SNU factcheck (http://factcheck.snu.ac.kr/): A service operated by Seoul National University's Media Information Research Institute. It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab. • Fact Check Net (https://www.factchecker.or.kr/): A service launched in 2020 by several South Korean media and journalism associations (
Korea Broadcasting Journalist Association (KBJA), the
Journalists Association of Korea, the
Korean Producers and Directors Association, and Parti, a social cooperative It was suspended in 2023.
Taiwan •
Cofacts: an open source project associated with the
G0v movement •
MyGoPen: a project run by Taiwanese civil society group. It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab. It is a signatory to the International Fact-checking Network's codes of principles. It is indexed by the Duke Reporter's Lab.
Bulgaria • Factcheck.bg: Bulgarian fact-checking website, a project by the Association of European Journalists-Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria). • AFP Провери: Bulgarian fact-checking website by
Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the Bulgarian journalist Rosen Bosev. "AFP Провери" is a Facebook partner verifying the Bulgarian content on the social media.
Croatia •
Faktograf.hr: Croatian fact-checking website set up by the
Croatian Journalists' Association and
GONG.
Czech Republic • : Czech fact-checking website operated by a politically independent
voluntary association, launched in 2016.
Denmark • TjekDet.dk: Independent Danish online media outlet dedicated to fact-checking claims made in public discourse. Its primary aim is to help media users identify false information and online disinformation. Founded in 2016 by the media company Mandag Morgen, TjekDet has operated as a self-governing, non-profit organization since 2020. TjekDet verifies claims made by politicians, businesses, organizations, and other media outlets. The outlet also provides two publicly available knowledge banks: one aimed at educators and educational institutions with teaching materials on source criticism and media literacy, and another compiling research on misinformation and disinformation in the online public sphere.
Finland • Faktabaari: Finnish awarded and politically independent fact-checking agency, launched in 2014.
France • : French fact-checking blog run by . • Science Feedback,
Climate Feedback, and Health Feedback: family of websites dedicated to fact-checking media coverage of science, climate change, and health, respectively. • Agence France-Presse (AFP)： launched its digital verification service in France in 2017, which has since evolved into a leading global fact-checking agency with dedicated journalists in countries ranging from the United States to Myanmar. • •
Germany •
Correctiv •
Deutsche Presse-Agentur •
Deutsche Welle. DW Fact Check in English was launched in 2020. •
Tagesschau • Volksverpetzer: German fact checkers that research and expose fake news.
Georgia • FactCheck Georgia: project of the Tbilisi-based think-tank Georgia's Reforms Associates (GRASS), launched in 2013.